Strain controlled fatigue behaviour of a wire + arc additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V

•Slower cooling rate resulted in a coarser microstructure in the oscillation build.•Higher tensile and yield strengths were found normal to the material build direction.•Cyclic softening rate was two times higher along the material build direction.•Higher fatigue life was found along the material build direction in low cycle fatigue regime.•No defects were found, and cracks were initiated either in α laths or at α/β interface.